Posted by Mike Pell on August 31, 2000 at 08:01:42:
In Reply to: Re: battle of the (brass) bulge posted by Jeanne on August 30, 2000 at 09:39:19:
: Mike...I tried bending one at the waist & it wouldn't go...what am I doing wrong? Help will be much appreciated. I want to sit some on the benches...otherwise, the benches will look lonely!
Hello Jeanne,
I used flat tipped tweezers to hold the brass figure at the point I wanted to bend it and then pressed the exposed section backward (usually at a 90 degree angle) to achieve the bend. For persons sitting on a bench I would place their feet and legs up to the knee into the tweezers and bend it back. Next I would place the tweezers to their waist from the head down and bend again.
The end result is a person in a typical sitting position folded at waist and knees. Persons sitting on the deck steamer chairs were bent only at the waist. At that point they are glued onto the chair and their legs can be left exposed or a in some cases I covered them up with "blankets".
Hope that helped.
Cheers, Mike